memeorandum: The Employment Situation in June (Alan B. Krueger/White House.gov Blog)

12:40 PM ET, July 5, 2013

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Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:

Good Riddance to Brotherhood's Fake Democrats — A few months ago, King Abdullah II of Jordan told me about his meetings with Mohamed Mursi, the now-deposed president of Egypt. The king wasn't fond of Mursi, both because the Egyptian was a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and because Abdullah found Mursi exceedingly stupid.

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy

New York Times:

For Islamists, Dire Lessons on Politics and Power — CAIRO — Sheik Mohamed Abu Sidra had watched in exasperation for months as President Mohamed Morsi and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood bounced from one debilitating political battle to another. — “The Brotherhood went too fast …

Discussion: Washington Post, BBC, The Week, The Daily Caller and Booman Tribune

New York Times:

Morsi Loyalists Clash With Soldiers in Cairo Protests — CAIRO — Islamist supporters of Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's ousted president, held enormous demonstrations in Cairo on Friday, and thousands of them angrily confronted security forces guarding the compound where he was believed to be held.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Mediaite, The Jawa Report, Via Meadia and The Week

Wall Street Journal:

After the Coup in Cairo — The U.S. shouldn't cut off aid to a new Egyptian government. — The latest military coup in Egypt stops a slide into one abyss but is hardly a guarantee that it will avoid a future one. A better future will depend on the wisdom of the kind of generals who have not proven to be very wise in the past.

David P. Goldman / PJ Media:
Dismiss the Egyptian People and Elect a New One

Discussion: Power Line and americanthinker.com

BBC:
Protests in Egypt over Morsi ousting

Discussion: Guardian, NPR and Business Insider

New York Times:
Morsi Aides Arrested in Widening Sweep

Discussion: National Review, Right Turn, FP Passport, Quartz, The Lede, The Week, Gawker, Daniel Pipes and Taegan Goddard's …

Fox News:
Egyptian military arrest top Muslim Brotherhood figures amid crackdown

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Algemeiner.com and Fox News Insider

Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Egypt orders arrests of Muslim Brotherhood leaders as interim president takes office

Discussion: Hot Air, The Week, New York Times and Guardian

Boston Herald:

Republicans: Put John Kerry on a plane — By: — U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry — who spent the Fourth of July on sun-splashed Nantucket even as the chaos from a military takeover rocked Egypt — drew fire from Republican critics who said it's a bad time for the nation's top diplomat …

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Twitchy, Althouse and Betsy's Page

Boston Herald:
Kerry vacationing on Nantucket amid Egypt turmoil

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Scared Monkeys, Twitchy, Mediaite and American Power

Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:

U.S. Adds 195,000 Jobs; Unemployment Remains 7.6% — The economy added 195,000 jobs in June, the Labor Department reported Friday morning, slightly more than analysts had been expecting and suggesting healthier growth. — Wall Street has been feverishly awaiting the June employment report.

Discussion: American Prospect, Yahoo! News, NationalJournal.com, Outside the Beltway, Economix and Gawker

Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Job Growth Posts Large Gain in June; Rate Holds

Discussion: Firedoglake, Calculated Risk, Daily Kos, BBC and NPR

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:

I.R.S. Scrutiny Went Beyond the Political — WASHINGTON — In 2010, a tiny Palestinian-rights group called Minnesota Break the Bonds applied to the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status. Two years and a lot of prodding later, the I.R.S. sent the group's leaders a series of questions …

Discussion: Ballot Box, Yahoo! News and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

In U.S., 64% Want Their Child to Avoid Career in Politics — Little change over time in percentage favoring political career — PRINCETON, NJ — By a 2-to-1 margin, 64% to 31%, Americans would not like their child to go into politics as a career. The results are the same whether …

Discussion: The Fix, Politico, Outside the Beltway, CNN and ABC News

Reuters:

Russia increasingly impatient over Snowden's airport stay — (Reuters) - Edward Snowden should find another country to seek refuge in, a Russian official said on Thursday, signaling Moscow's growing impatience over the former U.S. spy agency contractor's stay at a Moscow airport.

Discussion: BBC, emptywheel, The Hinterland Gazette and bigstory.ap.org

Steve Pond / The Wrap:
Oliver Stone Blasts Obama's ‘Bush-Style Eavesdropping Techniques’; Says Edward Snowden Is a Hero

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Right Wing News, The Hinterland Gazette, NewsBusters and The Huffington Post

Alan B. Krueger / White House.gov Blog:

The Employment Situation in June — While more work remains to be done, today's employment report provides further confirmation that the U.S. economy is continuing to recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression. It is critical that we remain focused on pursuing policies …

Discussion: Yahoo! News and Economix

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

E Pluribus Unum — It's that time of year — the long weekend when we gather with friends and family to celebrate hot dogs, potato salad and, yes, the founding of our nation. And it's also a time for some of us to wax a bit philosophical, to wonder what, exactly, we're celebrating.

Hadas Gold / Politico:

Ways to praise Valerie Jarrett in ‘This Town’ — A 33-point memo detailing ways to praise top White House aide Valerie Jarrett was sent out to staffers shortly after an unflattering profile of the adviser was published in the New York Times last year, the new book “This Town” by Mark Mark Leibovich says.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Yahoo! News

Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:

Obamacare Strikes: Part-Time Jobs Surge To All Time High; Full-Time Jobs Plunge By 240,000 — As a reminder: jobs have quantity and quality components. The quantity component was good enough to convince the 10 Year the taper is imminent (if not stocks, which continue to trade dislocated from any and all fundamentals).

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, protein wisdom, NewsBusters and The Lonely Conservative

Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:

The Lord of U.S. Labor Policy — Lafe Solomon, acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, defies Congress and the courts on behalf of Big Labor. — For a true expression of the imperious and extralegal tendencies of the Obama administration, there is little that compares with the Wisdom of Solomon.

Discussion: Power Line